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That isn't an argument in favor of it. If the death penalty is acceptable for certain offenses, then obviously it should only be used for those offenses. Assuming that there are offenses deserving the death penalty, it will be applied only to those offenses. That is all I get out of it. I think the death penalty had a place in history. There were times when a life sentence wasn't an option but we aren't that medieval anymore. Additionally, because of the automatic appeal process involved, the death purgatory in Texas costs the state more than a typical life sentence does.1. It is given only in rarest of rare cases in case of heinous crimes